Guild Wars 2

Why not, create a sPvP event day, where developers that balance classes come out into the game and play along side players, for a day. Hopefully trying out multiple classes, or just sticking to their mains (without saying so, it’s fine). And I don’t mean, with streamers/high-level/tourny players… Just yer’ole bunch of normal everyday players.

Same could be done for WvW.

This could be done before or after HoT of course, depending on your time/what-needs to be done.

I think there would be a benefit for the Devs to do this and in turn there would be a benefit for the players after.

Like, taking an example from life, there’s a huge difference between just being a tourist in a country, going around tourist attractions, and living there for a period of time – walking among the same crowd that lives there. If that makes any sense…

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

What you don’t know is that the devs are playing incognito every day.

All those D/D cele eles running around? That’s them.

1. they don’t have time
2. they won’t do it because players expect them to play well (which they can’t) so it would just lead to public embarassment and griefing

Why would i say it? I did talk to some devs i met in HotM last year or so. He did say they have very little time to play this game and that they can’t objectively observe and judge how this game works while playing well at the same (also due to lack of experience due to lack of time) as players expect them to.

Lastly, i have high suspicion that class balance is not based on actual balancing logic or feedback but on markting strategy. What do devs want to sell right now? Expansion. How do you motivate players to buy xpac? Make elite spec mandatory (probably also reason why thief is being nerfed to the ground so thief players reroll revenant).

Cynz.9437:

(probably also reason why thief is being nerfed to the ground so thief players reroll revenant).

or they just quit!
I could roll a revenant if I could see some sort of balance in this game. What if in a future expansion they will nerf to the ground Revenant for selling the new fotm class? Devs are losing credibility.

Nice idea OP but it won’t happen

I have a better one – all the PvP devs to go to hotjoin and try to find a match that either has 5v5 for the whole duration or an equal number of players and no leavers. When they find one the challenge is completed – My guess is it would take them a few weeks at a minimum.

Cynz.9437:

1. they don’t have time
2. they won’t do it because players expect them to play well (which they can’t) so it would just lead to public embarassment and griefing

Why would i say it? I did talk to some devs i met in HotM last year or so. He did say they have very little time to play this game and that they can’t objectively observe and judge how this game works while playing well at the same (also due to lack of experience due to lack of time) as players expect them to.

Lastly, i have high suspicion that class balance is not based on actual balancing logic or feedback but on markting strategy. What do devs want to sell right now? Expansion. How do you motivate players to buy xpac? Make elite spec mandatory (probably also reason why thief is being nerfed to the ground so thief players reroll revenant).

1. Time can be allotted if they see fit/benefit from it.
2. Well, that’s on us not to expect anything of them, and treat them as normal players…
(like hell, they can go incognito for this, but at the very least DO IT).

The bit about “they can’t objectively observe and judge how this game works while playing well at the same” is wrong in my opinion. They will get more real practical observation from playing amongst normal players…

Cynz.9437:

1. they don’t have time

I;d just be happy if ANET hired some people who were responsible for balance. Right now it is a disgrace.